Lea Michele finally wins role in Broadway’s Funny Girl and the jokes write themselves

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Lea Michele will be replacing Beanie Feldstein on Broadway’s Funny Girl, and the internet is breaking out all the jokes. 

The show’s producers announced Monday (11 July) that the former Glee star would take over Feldstein’s role Fanny Brice beginning on 6 September. She will be joined by four-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh, who’ll replace Jane Lynch in the role of Brice’s mother. 

Feldstein announced on Instagram that she would be leaving the Broadway musical on 31 July and said the decision came after producers “decided to take the show in a different direction”. 

Michele’s casting is perhaps a sign that manifestation is real as she has long been outspoken about her love for Barbra Streisand, who originated the role in 1964. Her Glee character Rachel Berry was equally obsessed as she played Fanny Brice in a fictional revival of the show and sang many of the musical’s iconic songs on the Fox series. 

Needless to say, people flocked to social media to share their absolutely fire jokes about Lea Michele’s casting. 

jane lynch leaving the day lea michele is set to start is the most sue sylvester icon behavior extravaganza i have ever laid witness to

— Kyleigh (@KyleighMM_) July 11, 2022

jane lynch when lea michele shows up to her first funny girl rehearsal pic.twitter.com/A6DVZID1Ix

— leyla